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Anne’s husband, Lyon, has been having an affair with Neely, and, although he breaks that off, he continues to have affairs and Anne accepts that she will eventually become numb. Jennifer is eventually diagnosed with breast cancer and commits suicide because she is convinced that people only love her for her body.

After all of the drama and the spectacular falls the characters experience, Neely’s career is destroyed by alcohol and drugs, while Jennifer starts to make soft-core pornography to pay the bills, and Anne starts popping pills. The three women find the fame they are seeking, marry, and get involved with lovers, eventually turning to drugs. Finally, Anne becomes friends with Jennifer North, a model who tries to sing, dance, and act, despite the fact that she cannot do any of them. She meets Ethel “Neely” O’Neill, who is a struggling dancer, at the boarding house where they are both staying. One of the women, Anne Welles, left her hometown to head to New York to find excitement.

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